Nature's Best Food at its Best

February 10, 1958, Appleton Post-Crescent

We first met Meadowview in 2012, http://menashabook.blogspot.com/2012/07/meadowview-dairy.html.  In an era where multiple dairies served the Twin Cities, Meadowview was one of the last to close, lasting until late 1967. 

Cold Duck

January 14, 1975 N-M Daily Northwestern

 

No big expose here, just a human interest story on a slow news day.

Second Place Certificate

 

January 31, 1974, N-M Daily Northwestern

You wouldn't expect that they gave awards for such things, but you'd be wrong. Presumably, this is the prize winner they're talking about.

Easy to Find, Hard to Leave

Twin City Tavern was located midway down the Tuchscherer block, between Mill Street and Racine.  My suspicion is that this matchbook dates from the 1930s, judging from the four digit phone number and the spine saying that happy days are here again.  Prohibition was only repealed in 1933, so the time frame would fit.  I like the photograph; most matchbooks of the era have a drawing, at best.

Dark, Shadowy Prediction

February 2, 1965, N-M Daily Northwestern

I had planned to just comment on the groundhog day angle but then I found too much of interest to not just include the entire front page of this day's Northwestern.  But I'm sure with yesterday's snowstorm, the good citizens of the Fox Valley had more on their minds than the inclinations of a groundhog in Pennsylvania. 

Our Aim...

January 20, 1970, Appleton Post-Crescent

I ran across this ad the other day and it got me to wondering that if Wanserski's was still with us today, with the "big game" coming up this weekend, they'd tailor their ad to feature catering the crowd for the Super Bowl.  Or, in this example, putting that 5 cents off Roma Pizzas upfront and in larger type at least!  

But of course, this isn't a fair comparison.  At the time of this ad, Super Bowl IV had already been played nine days before on January 11th, when Kansas City beat Minnesota, 23-7.  And back in 1970, the Super Bowl yet wasn't the primetime "event" it would evolve into over the years; it was another Sunday afternoon game, albeit one with a lot at stake!  Marketing to it was in its infancy and not yet the big moneymaker it would later become. 

Trucks For Every Trade

January 11, 1938, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

Back in an era when the only truck owners were businesses and farmers, Chevy still offered thirty-one basic models and Gibson, right downtown was the local agent for such a buy.  And I'd bet those trucks were solid, too.